Falls of elderly people living in rural areas: prevalence and associated factors.

Objective: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with falls in the elderly population living in rural areas.

Method: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out in 2014, with 820 older adults recorded in the Family Health Strategy (Estratégia Saúde da Família). The association between the reporting of falls in 12 months and their associated factors was verified by the Chi-square and Fischer's exact tests and by multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Factors associated with frailty syndrome in the rural elderly.

Objective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with frailty syndrome (FS) in the elderly in the rural population of Pelotas.

Method: Quantitative, analytical, transversal study conducted with 820 elderly subjects registered in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the rural area in the municipality of Pelotas, from July to October 2014.

Results: among those evaluated, 43.

Functional capacity to perform activities of daily living among older persons living in rural areas registered in the Family Health Strategy.

This article describes the socioeconomic profile and functional capacity of older persons living in rural areas in the Municipality of Pelotas-RS, Brazil based on the following sociodemographic characteristics: age, sex, income, schooling and chronic diseases. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted between July and October 2014 using a sample of 820 older persons. We used the Pearson chi square test of homogeneity for nominal variables and the test for trend for ordinal variables.